Bradford Grow, 99, a retired Navy Rear
Admiral who was a naval aviation pioneer and a decorated veteran of the
Guadalcanal campaign of World War II, died February 11, 1999, in O'Fallon,
Illinois. The cause of death was not reported.

Admiral Grow, who became a Navy aviator in
1926, led a squadron of amphibious planes on a historic 1939 round-trip
flight between San Diego and Panama without refueling to demonstrate the
aircraft's capabilities.

During World War II, he commanded aircraft
carriers, including the Lexington, that served in the Pacific and European
theaters.

At Guadalcanal, Admiral Grow presided over
the calm evacuation of the carrier Wasp as it sank under enemy fire.
GROW, BRADFORD ELLSWORTHRADM US NAVYVETERAN SERVICE DATES: 06/13/1918 - 06/30/1952DATE OF BIRTH: 01/06/1900DATE OF DEATH: 02/11/1999DATE OF INTERMENT: 04/19/1999BURIED AT: SECTION 65 SITE 3740 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERYGROW, ELIZABETH LONGDATE OF BIRTH: 03/25/1911DATE OF DEATH: 03/16/1990DATE OF INTERMENT: 04/19/1999BURIED AT: SECTION 65 SITE 3740 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WIFE OF GROW, BRADFORD ELLSWORTH RADM
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